Deputy chief Philip Tilt
Nevada Highway Patrol

Deputy Chief Philip G. Tilt is assigned as the Highway Patrol Division Deputy Chief with responsibility for the Southern Command area. He has held that position since August 2000. Deputy Chief Tilt is a twenty year veteran of the Department, and has served in a variety of assignments. Deputy Chief Tilt joined the Department in 1983 and was assigned to the Las Vegas area as a Highway Patrol Trooper. He was promoted to Sergeant and was assigned to the Henderson/Boulder City/Searchlight/Laughlin rural duty station and later as the Las Vegas Administrative Sergeant. Deputy Chief Tilt was promoted to Lieutenant and held assignments in Administration, Rural, Commercial, and Urban traffic operations. Deputy Chief Tilt was promoted to Captain and was assigned as the Las Vegas Urban and Rural Traffic Operations Commander prior to his assignment as Deputy Chief and subsequent promotion to Major.

Deputy Chief Tilt has additional law enforcement experience as a Deputy Sheriff for White Pine County working in the Ely, Nevada area from 1981 through 1983 when he accepted a position with the Highway Patrol Division. Deputy Chief Tilt also worked in Wyoming for the Glenrock Police Department as a Dispatcher and as a Patrolman from 1978 through 1981.

Deputy Chief Tilt is a graduate of the Northwestern University Traffic Institute School of Police Staff and Command.